Vance v. Evans
West Virginia Supreme Court
An appeal, by William Conway, one of the defendants below, from several decrees of the circuit court of the county of Monongalia, rendered in a cause in chancery, in which Addison S. Vance was complainant, and George D. Evans and others were defendants. Hon. John A. Dille, formerly Judge of said circuit court, rendered the decrees complained of.
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An appeal, by William Conway, one of the defendants below, from several decrees of the circuit court of the county of Monongalia, rendered in a cause in chancery, in which Addison S. Vance was complainant, and George D. Evans and others were defendants. Hon. John A. Dille, formerly Judge of said circuit court, rendered the decrees complained of. Green, PRESIDENT, furnishes the following statement of the case: The record in this case consists of more than seven hundred and fifty pages of. manuscript. In stating the case, I shall set forth only so much of this voluminous record, as is necessary…
1Opinion of the Court
GreeN, ’ PRESIDENT,
delivered the opinion of the Court:
This was a suit in chancery, brought in the circuit court of Monongalia county by Addison S. Vance against George H. Evans, William Conway and others. Its object was to obtain for the plaintiff, who, as surety, had satisfied a judgment against him and certain of the defendants, a subrogation to the equity.of the judgment creditor’, and to have the real estate sold, upon which the judgment was a lien, after adjusting the various liens *367against it, and out of the proceeds to re-imburse the plaintiff for the moneys, so paid by him as surety.…
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